Chapter 222

Mary chuckled softly, her laughter echoing in the quiet room before she quickly resumed her stern facade. “You brat!”

Curtis glanced at Leanne, looking for any sign of intention towards him, but found none. So, he took matters into his own hands and grabbed the gift bag she had brought.

It was empty. Nothing left.

He looked up at Leanne, searching her face for any sign of guilt, but she appeared completely at ease, not a hint of remorse in sight.

Feeling somewhat left out, especially after noticing Phillip flaunting a Montblanc pen – not that it was anything special, but still, he didn’t have one Curtis felt a sourness in his mouth as if he had just bitten into a fresh lemon.

Ungrateful girl. And after all he does for her.

“Nice. How did you know I needed a bag,” he said, holding the empty paper bag with an air of satisfaction.

Leanne was rendered speechless by his comment.

In the odd, quiet of the room, Jennifer rubbed her forehead, feeling a headache coming

  1. pressure monitor, was tempted

    and there.

    tension any longer,

    dinner?”

    servants had already laid out a

    suggesting, “Maybe you should take off

    agreed, “Alright, put it back on

    sit

    to Maddox and sat on the side, pulling Leanne to sit next to her. This

    over there,” Leanne offered.

    have a seat,” Jennifer was too tired to

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    down, puzzled by Mary’s whimsical behavior that evening,

    why.

    next to Mary, across the table from him.

    she stayed for a while

    staying and had the driver who brought her

    stood at the door, Leanne urging her to come in from the cold wind, but

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